Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2020-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter test this week, with 5 weight steers on a light test selling mostly steady, a light test of 600-650 lb steers sold steady to spots 2.00 higher, with a part load of 665 lb steers trading mostly 5.00 lower, two pot loads of 840 lb steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to firm on comparable sales and weights. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.54/cwt on 374 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −93.70 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$146.54

374 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$66

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2

$36.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.89

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	619	148.53	920	70
Medium and Large 1	717	147.38	1,057	268
Medium and Large 2	521	139.40	726	32
Large 1-2	880	112.00	986	4thin

One grade step is worth $36.53/cwt here — about −$66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

14 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $258.28, low $221.98, median $240.24 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale374 hd

146.54

—

MO average15 barns · 7,497 hd

144.65

+1.89

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−93.70

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,671	91.31	1,526	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,775	65.00	1,154	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,455	64.48	938	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	62.99	791	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	59.96	622	22

Every lot, as filed

51 lots · USDA AMS · Callaway Livestock Center - Kingdom City, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	152.23/cwt	143.00–155.50	889	16
Bulls	—	—	1,671	91.31/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,526	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	709	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	55.64/cwt	52.50–59.00	551	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	64.28/cwt	63.00–66.00	687	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,775	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	166.38/cwt	164.00–169.00	780	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	133.93/cwt	130.00–137.50	759	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,034	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,021	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	146.50/cwt	143.00–149.00	923	11
Steers	Large 1-2	—	880	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	986	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	186.16/cwt	185.00–188.00	707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	136.00/cwt	132.50–137.75	1,006	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	651	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	158.54/cwt	155.50–160.00	992	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	964	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	137.85/cwt	136.85–138.85	1,159	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,152	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	514	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	784	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	512	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	65.72/cwt	64.00–71.00	955	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	61.37/cwt	60.00–63.00	897	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	66.56/cwt	64.00–69.00	837	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	61.00/cwt	58.00–63.00	759	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	48.29/cwt	45.00–51.50	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	129.51/cwt	126.00–131.50	808	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	122.90/cwt	120.25–124.75	830	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	161.38/cwt	159.00–163.00	583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	115.75/cwt	115.75–115.75	765	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	134.30/cwt	129.50–136.00	696	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	147.21/cwt	144.00–151.00	757	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	138.00/cwt	137.00–138.50	787	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	312	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	970	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	130.55/cwt	128.00–135.50	774	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	170.20/cwt	168.00–175.00	922	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	146.62/cwt	146.00–149.00	704	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	155.83/cwt	154.00–157.50	676	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	158.89/cwt	156.00–163.00	545	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	138.50/cwt	138.00–139.00	686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	932	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	173.20/cwt	169.00–175.50	842	13

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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